“Last fight I had with the bitch ended way too soon." Eddie rolled his eyes and glanced at Jim. "It was in… — J.R. Ward Copy Share Image
“In the Middle Ages the outbreak of a plague caused people to raise their eyes towards heaven, and pray to God to… — Yuval Noah Harari Copy Share Image
I guess, as a conductor, one goes in and out of fashion. Your career starts with a bang, everyone thinks you're wonderful,… — Jeffrey Tate Copy Share Image
Some eras worship infancy; some, the aged. None as yet has adored middle age. — Mason Cooley Copy Share Image
“It is only rather recently that science has begun to make peace with its magical roots. Until a few decades ago, it… — Philip Ball Copy Share Image
“It is generally acknowledged that these very special floors were esteemed not only for their beauty and the richness of the colors… — Benjamin Blech Copy Share Image
“I have met with but one or two persons in the course of my life who understood the art of Walking, that… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“In most Christian imagery of the Middle Ages and Renaissance, the suffering, damned Jews were portrayed as unsympathetic caricatures. This was an… — Benjamin Blech Copy Share Image
“Life repeats Shakespearian themes more often than we think. Did Lady Macbeth, Richard III, and King Claudius exist only in the Middle… — Varlam Shalamov Copy Share Image
“Terms such as "man bun," "man purse," "guyliner," "meggings," and the new "romp-him" (romper) have entered the American lexicon. These terms refer… — Ian Thomas Malone Copy Share Image
“In the middle Ages, Berber was written in the Maghribi style of the Arabic script, in what is to all appearances a… — Nico Van Den Boogert Copy Share Image
“To return to antiquity [in literature]: that has been done. To return to the Middle Ages: that too has been done. Remains… — Gustave Flaubert Copy Share Image
It's an American thing, but it's particularly a southern thing, and its romanticization is hyper-Southern. And it's still irresistible to me, even… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
“What I want to do is to teach a lesson to all these people … I want [to prove] that the Devil… — J.-K. Huysmans Copy Share Image
The scientific-rational mindset is as much a cosmology as the Catholic mindset was in the Middle Ages; scientists are so proud of… — Mark Rylance Copy Share Image
Middle age is when you realize that you'll never live long enough to try all the recipes you spent thirty years clipping… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
“It is foolish, generally speaking, for a philosopher to set fire to another philosopher in Smithfield Market because they do not agree… — G.K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
When women reach the age of maturity, Mother Nature sometimes overworks their frustration to the point of irrationalism. Like themiddle-aged man...who finds… — Mark Hanna Copy Share Image
Yet for my part, deeply as I am moved by the religious architecture of the Middle Ages, I cannot honestly say that… — Goldwin Smith Copy Share Image
“The rat population thrived in such a horrible mess. Ironically, cats were believed to be the consorts of witches in those days,… — Amy Stewart Copy Share Image
“Love in the modern sense does not exist in antiquity except outside of official society,” notes Engels: at the very point where… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
“The Angevin country begins between Normandy and Brittainy and continues down through Maine and Anjou. In the Middle Ages, this fair and… — Thomas B. Costain Copy Share Image
“The mass of the population before the modern era rarely ate meat as the mass of the peasantry rarely do in underdeveloped… — Malcolm Hamilton Copy Share Image
“The undersigned pointed out that nothing was required of a pastor except that he intimate in church at the dead man's bier… — Halldór Laxness Copy Share Image
“In the Middle Ages, spiritual advisors always warned against a state that had a variety of names but was difficult to describe:… — Dorothee Soelle Copy Share Image
